An attorney for Samsung denied Tuesday that the company had stolen technology from Apple, saying the South Korean tech giant's mobile devices contain Android software designed entirely by Google engineers.

Samsung attorney Peter Quinn told jurors in his opening statement at a patent-infringement trial that Apple is a great company but doesn't own everything, and its claims are unfounded.

The finger-pointing took place in U.S. District Court in San Jose, where Apple Inc. and Samsung Electronics Co. are accusing each other of stealing ideas from each other.

If Apple prevails, the cost to Samsung could top $2 billion. Apple's costs, if it loses the litigation, are expected to be about $6 million.

The trial marks the latest round in a long-running, worldwide series of lawsuits between the two tech giants over mobile devices.

Quinn told jurors that Apple's gripe is with Android, a Google-developed mobile operating system that now makes up about 70 percent of the global market.

"Not one of the accused features on this phone was designed, much less copied, by anyone at Samsung," Quinn said. "The accused features on this phone were developed independently by some of the software engineers at Google, up the road in Mountain View."

"Don't be misled by that," he said in his opening statement. "This case is not about Google. It is Samsung that has made the decision to copy these features, it is Samsung, not Google, that chooses to put these features into their phones, and it is Samsung that has made the decision to keep on infringing on Apple's patents."

Google declined to comment Tuesday.

McElhinny asked jurors to remember where they were on Jan. 9, 2007, and he shared a video of the late Apple CEO Steve Jobs proudly unveiling the iPhone to cheering crowds that day in San Francisco.

"Samsung went far beyond competitive intelligence and crossed into the dark side of intentionally copying," McElhinny said.

"They don't own the only way to search on a phone, they don't own the only way to sync, they don't own the only way to unlock with a swipe," he said.

Experts say the litigation could lead to more expensive smartphones and devices, and slow the pace of innovation.

Apple is accusing Samsung of infringing on five patents on newer devices, including Galaxy smartphones and tablets. Specifically, Apple claims that Samsung stole "tap-from-search," which allows someone searching for a telephone number or address on the Web to tap on the results to call the number or put the address into a map. In addition, Apple says, Samsung copied the slide motion used to unlock phones.

In a counterclaim, Samsung says Apple stole two of its ideas and used them for iPhones and iPads.

Less than two years ago, a federal jury in the same courthouse found that Samsung was infringing on Apple patents. Samsung was ordered to pay about $900 million but is appealing and has been allowed to continue selling products using the technology.

The jury was selected Monday from a pool of about 100 people, many of whom had opinions about the legal dispute and work for companies affiliated with Samsung or Apple.

Two of the 10 jurors were excused Tuesday for health and financial reasons.

"I have eight of you left, and you are each precious," said Judge Lucy Koh, jokingly admonishing jurors to avoid bungee jumping and to eat health supplements.